Iran energy minister downplays threat of attack on its energy infrastructure

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Iran’s energy minister has said in an interview with state TV broadcaster that he believed the country was less vulnerable than others in the region to any attacks on its energy infrastructure, AFP reports.

“We produce electricity in a spread-out way in several places, unlike the countries of the Persian Gulf or the Zionist regime, where production is centralised and very vulnerable,” Energy Minister Abbas Aliabadi said, referring to Iran’s Gulf neighbours and Israel.

“We have more than 150 power plants across the country,” he added, as the Middle East war dragged into its fourth week.

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